THE PUBLIC SERVICE BILL.
ITS OUTSTANDING FEATURES
!BY TELEGIIArn SBECIAI.. j Wellington, Aug. 27. the outstraiiding feature of the Public Service Bill is the provision that any person who obtains or attempts to obtain the assistance of a member of Parliament for the purpose of securing employment with the State will be disqualified from obtaining such employment. For attempting to obtain promotion through a member, civil servants shall be forthwith dismissed. The Bill provides for the employment of a Commissioner at £l3OO a year, and two assistant commissioners at £Sou per year. The Commissioner may only be removed by the Governor with the consent of Parliament. The Commissioner is empowered to recommend to the Governor the dismissal of inefficient members of the service.
lhe Public Service is to be classified in the following divisons :—Administrutiv e, professional, clerical, and general, and the- first duty of the Commissioner will be to grade officers and classify work on those lines, and re-grade .at intervals of five years, and if the Government does not approve of same, they must be submitted to Parliament.
The Bill provides that promotion 1 is to be only by result of efficiency. j Increase of salary will depend upon good conduct, but it is provided that 1 every officer who has been employed ■ in the Service not lens than three years shall, on attaining the age of 21 years, receive at least £lO9 al vear. ' ■ i
Complete regulations arc laid down <• oncernii>g respec live *tppoilllinents and promotions, and it is stipulated that no person entering the service after the passing of the Bill shall be entitled to promotion without pass-, ing an examination on administrative | work. In the professional and clerical divisions officers shall be deemed to be three-monthly servants and in other branches as monthly servants.
Strict provision is contained in the Bill for debarring officcts engaging in private < mph y mc-nt. Existing rights in regard to superannuation are absolutely preserved, but no officer shall be entitled to compensation as a result of dismissal or reduction of salary.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 226, 27 August 1912, Page 6
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341THE PUBLIC SERVICE BILL. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 226, 27 August 1912, Page 6
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